Partition



Jan. 39, 1923.

J. SCHURMAN.

PART] T GM.

2 SHEETS'SHEELI', l

FILED MAR. 5.-

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Jan. 30, 1923.

J. SCHURMAN.

PARTITION. FILED MAR.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 Patented Jan. 30, 1923.

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JOHN SCHURMAN, OF HIGHLAND PARK, MICHIGAN.

PARTITION.

Application filed March. 5,

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Be it known that I. JonN SCHURMAN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Highland Park, in the county of lVayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain' new and useful Improvements in Partitions, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates. to partitions and has for its main object the provision of a good looking substantial partition in which the wall panels, windows and doors can be readily removed and replaced, or the whole partition taken down and rebuilt or reset in other locations without in any way being damaged or destroyed. The invention is particularly applicable to oflice buildings, the partitions of-which are changed to suit the tenant, and also to factories. Another object of my in ention is to provide a mullion having sections which are engageable with standard window sashes, with door jambs which also can be made standard, and with wall panelswhich can be formed of metal, asbestos board, plaster or wood. A

further object is the provision of a mulliolr of, substantial I-cross section which is formed by its cooperating channel shaped sections having their webs adjacentto each other, there being suflicient space within the mullion' for electric wires and the like, which space is accessible by means of a re- -movable cover plate. Other objects of the invention reside in the novel features of construction and combinations and arrange of the partition embodying my invention and showing intersecting mullions;

Figures 2 and 3 are respectively, crosssections on the lines 22 and 3 3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a cross section on the line 4-4 of Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a cross section through the partition near the floor;

Figure 6 is'a cross section similar to Figure 2 and showing the mullions engaging panels formed of difi'erent material.

The partition as shown in Figure 1 comprises the horizontal and vertical mullions 1 and 2 respectively"which are engageable with the partition members such as the wall panel 3, the Window sash 4, and the door 1921. Serial No. 449,309.

jamb 5. The mullions 1 and 2 are identical and each comprises the cooperating sections 6 and. 7 which are of substantial channel cross section and have the parallel side flanges 8 and 9 and the connecting web 10, the webs extending adjacent to each other, the arrangement being such that the two sections form a nmllion which is of substantially I-cross section and is therefore very section 6 and bent over upon the web of the section 7 to secure the webs to each other.

The side-flanges 9 of the sections 6 and Y are returnbentinwardly and have the transverse portions 13, the return bent portions 14 extending substantially parallel to the'outer faces of the flanges 9 and the end transverse portions 15. The return bent portions 14 are preferably provided with the apertures 16. The transverse end por- I tions 15 and the return bent portions 14 are adapted to engage the partition' members,

and as shown in Figure 2, these portions of the section 6 engage the flange 16 of the window sash 4. V Suitable clips 17 aresecured to the web 10 of the section 6 and adapted to engage-the side of the flange16 opposite the return bent portion 14 to retain the sash in engagement with the return bent portion 14. 18 is a coverplate overlapping the side flanges 8 of the cooperating sections and secured thereto as by means of the machine screws 19. This cover plate has at its edges the transverse side flanges 20 which extend inwardly and have the ottset end portions 21 for engaging the end of the flange 2:2 of the window sash, and

-the side of the wall panel 3 opposite to that engaged by the return bent flange of the section 7. The space inclosed within the section 6 is accessible by removing the cover plate 18 and wires, etc.

As shown in Figure 3, the door jamb 5 has the portion 23 located outside the secis suitable for electric tion 7 and abutting the transverse portions 10 13 and 20 and also has the flanges 24 extending within the mullion section 7, one of these flanges being adapted to lie adjacent to-the return bent portion 14. The inwardly extending flanges have the struck out ears 25 1 10 engageable in the apertures 16 in the return bent portions 14 for holding the 1amb in place. The offset portion 21 of the transverse flange 20 of the cover plate 18 also engages .in the recess 26 formed by bending the flange 24. These flanges arej dentically shaped so that the door jamb is reversible to permit of swinging the door in opposite directions.

For securing the mullions 1 and 2 t0 each other, there is the angle strip 27 having the flanges 28 and 29 which lie adjacent to the webs of the horizontal and vertical sections 7 and 6 respectively. Suit-able apertures are provided in the flanges of this angle strip and for securing the flange 28 to the mullion 1 there are the bolts 30 which pass through the elongated apertures 11 in the web of the section 7 and also the elongated apertures formed by striking out the tongnes12in the web of the section 6. This flange is prefersecured to the mullion before assembling the-mullions in the partition, while the flange 29 is secured to the vertical mullion when assembling the partition. For securing the flange 29 to its web the T-shaped members 31 are'provided passing through the webs of the sections and through the apertures in the flange 29, these T-shaped members having apertures through their. stems which are engageable in by the wedges v 32. Vith this arrangement to takedown the partition, it is merely necessary to remove the cover plate 18 of the vertical mullion' 2 and drive the wedges 32 out of place. The partitionmembers such as the window. door jamb and wall panels mayalso be disengaged when the cover plate is removed.

For the purpose of providing a construction which will be neat in appearance and will at the .;ame time fit inaccurate floors, I preferably secure a wood insert 33 to the floor as shown in Figure 5 and to this secure one of my standard mullion sections 34to which is secured the cover plate 35. 36 are plates secured tothe wood insert '33 as by means of the screws 37 which plates overlap the cover plate 35 and the opposite side of the mullion section 34 a sufficient distance to permit of inaccuracy in the floor or wooden insert. Another feature shown in Figure 5 is the tying of the wall panel 38 to the returnbent portion 39 of the mullion section return bent flange, the tying means being preferably a piece of wire 40 engaging the metal lath 41 of the wall panel. 55

in ent with their acover plate overlapping the other of said side flanges and provided with a transverse inwardly extending flange for securing said partition member against said return bent flange.

3. The combination with a partition member, of a mullion section having side flanges and a connecting web. one of said side flanges being return bent and engageable with one side of said partition member, a clip secured to the web of said section to retain the partition member in engagement with the return bent flange, and a cover plate secured to the other of said side flanges for securing said partition member against said return bent flan e.

4. The combination with a pair of cooperating mullion sections having adjacent webs secured to each other, and oppositely extending side flanges, the corresponding flanges at one side being return. bent, partition members engageable therewith,- and a cover plate secured to the corresponding flanges at the opposite side and having portionsfor maintaining said partition members in engagerespective return bent flanges.

5. The combination with a partition member, of a mullion section having side flanges and a connecting web, one of said side flanges being return bent and having an aperture in its return bent portion, said return bent flange bein engageable by said partition member, means extending through said aperture for positioning said partition member relative to said return bent flange, and a cover plate upon the other of said side flanges having a transverse portion extending inwardly into. engagement with the opposite slde of said partitF-m member.

6. The combination with a mullion section having substantially parallel side flanges and a connecting web, one of said side flanges being return bent, of a movable and reversible door jamb having a portion outside said mullion section, and a portion extending therewithin adjacent to said return bent flange, and a cover plate detachably's cured to the other of said side flanges and provided with a portion for securing said door jamb in place.

7. The combination with a mullion section havin substantially parallel side flanges and a connecting web, one of said side flanges be ing return bent, and having an aperture in its return bent portion, of a door jamb detachably and reversibly secured to said mullion section and comprising a portion outside of said mullion section and portionsextending therewithin, one of 'said inwardly extending portions lying adjacent to said re-' turn bent portion of the side flange and having an ear engageable in said aperture, and a cover plate detachably secured to the other of said side flanges and provided with a transverse inwardly' extending portion engageable with the other of said inwardly extending portions of the door j amb to position the latter in place.

8. The combination with a horizontal mullionand a vertical mullion of-means permanently secured to the horizontal mullion and detachably secured to the vertical mullion for holding the same in fixed relation to each other. e

'9. The combination with intersecting mullions each comprising cooperating channel shaped sections havin adjacent webs, said webs being provided with elongated aper-" tures extending longitudinally thereof, of an angle strip having flanges extending adjacent to the webs of one of the mullion sections of each mullion, means extending apertures and the other flange of said angle strip for adjustably securing the same to each other. v In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JOHN SCH'URMAN. 

